Variable Assignments

[Jose Lerebours]

On 08/21/2016 10:51 AM, Kenneth Brody via Filepro-list wrote:
> On 8/21/2016 1:23 AM, Stanley - stanlyn.com via Filepro-list wrote:
> [...]
>> Aa="9"+"1"
>>
>> Fn=aa    ' returns the number 10 instead of the value of field 10
>>
>> I've tried fn=(aa) and fn=((aa)) and both returns 10
>
> That's because aa equals 10, so naturally storing the value of field 
> aa anywhere will get you 10.
>
> This is where FIELDVAL() comes in:
>
>     fn = fieldval(-,aa)
>
ah, there is an answer ... lol

Ken, is the use of an array versus the method fieldval() any different 
in turns of speed or memory resources?

My guess is that the array uses up memory where the method does not, at 
least not constant.